File:USS Princeton (CVL-23) 1944 10 24 1.jpg

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Description Loss of the U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23), 24 October 1944: Smoke rises from an explosion in Princeton's hangar deck at 1005 hrs. on 24 October 1944, shortly after she was hit by a Japanese bomb while operating off the Philippines.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-287969 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy, photographed from USS South Dakota (BB-57).

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